Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Smart Bridge Medical Inc. has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are assigned to 1 distinct examiner. The company's current prosecution is also contained within 1 distinct art unit, showing a high degree of examiner consistency.
MURPHY, VICTORIA is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 2 pending office actions. This examiner manages the company's currently pending matters. The concentration of the workload under 1 examiner suggests that the outcomes for this portfolio are heavily influenced by the specific interpretations of this individual.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURPHY, VICTORIA | 2 | 62.2% | +46.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18885542 | TRACHEAL TUBE APPARATUS AND METHODS | MURPHY, VICTORIA | — |
| 18668116 | TRACHEAL TUBE APPARATUS AND METHODS | MURPHY, VICTORIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18885542 | TRACHEAL TUBE APPARATUS AND METHODS | MURPHY, VICTORIA | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18668116 | TRACHEAL TUBE APPARATUS AND METHODS | MURPHY, VICTORIA | 3785 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial